Propaganda succeeds

Polls in the United States through the 2003-2011 war on Iraq found that a majority in the US believed Iraqis were better off as the result of a war that severely damaged - even destroyed – Iraq.A majority of Iraqis, in contrast, believed they were worse off.  A majority in the United States believed Iraqis were grateful.

According to Americans, the greatest threat to peace on earth is a nation that hasn’t threatened any other, and hasn’t attacked any other in centuries, a nation that suffered horrible chemical weapons attacks and refused to use chemical weapons in response, a nation that has refused to develop nuclear weapons but been falsely accused of doing so by the US government for decades and with a military budget of less than 1% of the US military spending.  The level of spending remains roughly $1 trillion.  A poll of people in 65 countries finds that the United States is overwhelmingly considered the greatest threat to peace in the world. The US says it is in favor of peace. Even when it bombs cities, it does it for peace. It is hard for people under the bombs to see that.

75% to 85% in the United States say their system of government is broken. Yet, what remains the top piece of advice to agitators for change? That’s right: “Work within the system.” And what remains the fallback ultimate reliable justification for launching or escalating or continuing a war: That’s right: “We need to bring our system of government to others.”

If Iraq had really had those weapons, and if Syria had demonstrably really killed a small number of its victims with the wrong type of weapons, and if Iran were really building nuclear weapons... launching wars on those countries would still be illegal, immoral, and disastrous.

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